Hype a doctor's guide to medical myths, exaggerated claims and bad advice - how to tell what's real and what's not
There is a lot of misinformation thrown around these days, especially online. Headlines tell us to do this, not that---all in the name of living longer, better, thinner, younger. In Hype, Dr. Nina Shapiro distinguishes between the falsehoods and the evidence-backed truth. In her work at Harvard and...
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Worrywarts and fearmongers: the dangers of magical or misinformed thinking
- A site to behold: the wild west of internet medicine: how to help your doctor, check your symptoms, and Google if you're dying
- Risky business: what ebola and your car have in common: how to put risk into perspective
- Turf wars: an important lesson in correlations: how to understand cause, link, and association
- Get me off your f*cking mailing list: a study worthy of your attention: how to make sense of medical research jargon
- Tipping the scale on a balanced diet: you are not always what you eat: how to filter out the noise on juicing, going gluten-free, detoxing, and GMOs
- Fat-free sugar, organic cookies, and "fresh" produce: a walk through the supermarket: how to read a label
- The true cost of being fortified: supplements, powders, and potions: how to remain vital without vitamins
- Raise your glass: water, water, everywhere: how to be smart without drinking smart water
- Putting the C back in CAM: complementary alternative medicine: how to stay natural while taking your medicine
- Take a shot: the perils of losing the herd: how vaccines save the community, the home, and your health
- Testing, testing, one, two, three: from the outside looking in: how to determine when to get checked, x-rayed, swabbed, or poked
- When 50 is the new 40: drinking from the fountain of youth: how to gracefullyully, without really trying
- Hyped exercise: climb every mountain: when walking beats runningConclusionuion: Don't believe the hype: Is it all hype?
